well i just got the F5U503-APL Belkin firewire card for my computer but Windows XP doesen't recognize it. i dont think the driver for this exist.... it said that Windows XP should already have this driver installed with windows xp... does anyone know if i could download all the drivers that came with windows xp? or if they know where i can get the F5U503-APL driver.

wierd, because i have a belkin firewire card and it works fine...
on both computers it installed w/o a hitch
have you f00ked about with windows services or anything?
or had any really bad viruses or anything to that effect?

dude...humor me.....
see if Plug and Play is enabled in windows services
(Plung and Play, NOT Universal Plug and Play Device Host)
and maybe Shell Hardware Detection
and for your IPod, Portable Media Serial Number Service
it only takes a few seconds to check em
right click My Computer...select manage.....
expand services and applications....select services...do some scrolling....

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and if those services check out....
go into the BIOS and see if the BIOS is set for a plug n play OS
maybe try re-seating the card in its slot, making sure its all the way in